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Hear An Elephant Reunion Spark Sounds Even Keepers Had Not Heard Before

Zookeepers have recorded a remarkable mix of sounds produced by reuniting Zoos Victoria elephants. The recording not only demonstrates the breadth of elephant’s sonic capacity, but includes sounds the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Humans and Animals Often Like the Same Mating Calls, Supporting a 150-Year-Old Observation by Charles Darwin

New research by Smithsonian scientists suggests that preferences for certain sounds might be evolutionarily conserved ...

What animal are you? Humans and animals tend to like the same mating calls

Your taste in music may feel unique, but there may be something more biologically innate driving your acoustic choices: A new ...

You probably agree with the animals on which bird calls, frog noises and cricket chirps are most attractive – new research

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with ...
Westword

African Elephants Address One Another With Name-Like Calls…Similar to Humans

What’s in a name? People use unique names to address each other, but we’re one of only a handful of animal species known to do that, including bottlenose dolphins. Finding more animals with names and ...